Chapter 1: Prologue

Disclaimer: Don't own... Characters are property of Masashi Kishimoto

Title: Not So Stranded

Author: HavenCraze

Genre: Romance/Humor (might add something else on a whim)

Pairing: SasuNaru

Warnings: M/M action so... yaoi

Summary: Naruto thought this whole cruise thing was supposed to relax you, but what happens when the boat sinks and he gets stranded on an island that just happens to be Sasuke's personal get away land?

Prologue

Naruto thought this whole cruise thing was supposed to get rid of all his pent up frustrations. He was supposed to be sun tanning in his favorite orange swim trunks with a fruity drink in one hand and hot chicks surrounding him (because let's face it, he is damn good looking, sexy even). There was supposed to be a large swimming pool for him to swim about in and a massage therapist (a woman preferably) rubbing down his body and making him feel like goo.

But no. The ship had sunk.

That was not, no matter how much you think it is, that was not a metaphor for his life crumbling down right before his eyes with no hope of ever coming back. No, he meant it literally. The cruise ship that promised, guaranteed even, to make him forget all his worries, had just added to them tenfold. Okay, so maybe his life was crumbling down before his eyes and maybe he could do nothing about it after all, but that wasn't the point. The point was that he was boat-less, compass-less, map-less, and to top it all off he was starving. If he would have known the ship was going to sink he wouldn't have waited for that girl (whom he met only yesterday) to start eating. No, he would have eaten all ten packets of ramen then and there! All he had managed to grab was his small backpack, a life vest and a couple of bottles of water.

And okay, he should be happy he got away with that much. Water being the source of life for all living things (behind ramen, of course) a life vest so he didn't drown, and his backpack, which just so happened to have a small yet trusty survival manual Sakura had gotten him as a joke. Well, it wasn't a joke anymore, and Naruto could have sworn his rosette haired friend had purposely jinxed him.

Naruto huffed and threw off his soaked jacket. He hadn't managed to get away as early as most, as he was listening to headphone (loudly) with his eyes closed from all the panicked hustle and bustle going on around him. He opened his eyes to see how late his lunch date was and realized there was only a fraction of the travelers still on board, most of those running around like headless chickens. Naruto had finally managed to stop on the of passengers in time to ask what the fuck was going on. His only response being a suddenly tilted ship sending him overboard and into the water. Naruto had never been so glad it was summer, meaning the water wasn't cold as ice and he wouldn't die from below freezing temperatures as the people in Titanic had. The backpack had already been on his back at the time with two water bottles securely placed into the side pockets. It would be Naruto's luck that a vest and life boat were already floating next to him by the time he resurfaced and gathered his bearings. No, there wasn't blood on the vest and no he wasn't morbidly thinking of what had happened to that person and no he wasn't searching the water for the missing person. He was nervous (terrified) enough as it was.

Now he just needed to calm down (yeah right, like that would happen) and try and think this through. Let's see. He had no navigational skills, so even if he did have a map or a compass he wouldn't know the first thing to do with such items. So that was out. He had nothing to cook with, let alone a surface to cook on, so even if he had ramen he couldn't make it. I could always have eaten it dry. No! He was not going to think about ramen! He would just go crazy with need, he could already feel the withdrawal symptoms kicking in, but that could just as likely be his nerves from BEING STRANDED IN THE OCEAN.

Naruto tugged at his hair, curling in on himself with his knees to his chest. Stuff like this didn't happen in real life. It just didn't! so why was he in this situation How long would it be before someone came to help him? Was he even going to survive? What if he died? What if his mother and father were left wondering what happened to him, always searching and never finding anything? He couldn't do that to his family. He had to survive even if it was for their sake. Stealing his nerves he calmed down a bit, keeping his thoughts on his parents and the need for survival.

Naruto reached around himself, taking the straps from around his shoulders and setting his backpack in his lap. He silently thanked his mother for making him get a water proof backpack. He should really go on a commercial and talk about how it really did work, how his spare clothing wasn't wet in the slightest even after falling overboard. Yeah, he'd survive and make it on TV and then get payed for advertising the damn backpack. Scoffing at the thought, he began to take inventory of the contents. One change of clothes (he wanted to be prepared to stay the night at the girl's cabin without doing the walk of shame, thank you very much), two water bottles, a pack of crackers (how old are those?), a pocket knife, and the survival guide.

He was going to die... He had no idea how long he'd be stranded in the middle of the ocean, but certainly two water bottles and a pack of crackers weren't going to hold him over, especially with the way his stomach was eating at his spine at the moment. Forcing himself to remain calm and not stretch his arms towards the heavens whilst yelling "WHY GOD!" he stripped himself on his wet clothes (it's the middle of the ocean, who the fuck was going to see?) and changed into the other pair, setting the soaked ones on the boat floor to dry in the blaring sun. He was slammed with an onslaught of exhaustion and soon snuggled as best as he could into a far corner of the bright yellow lifeboat and fell asleep.

End of Prologue

So, like it? I get that it's probably (totally) unrealistic, but... come on i had to get him to the island somehow, right? -chuckles- Tell me what you think. Besides the whole meeting Sasuke as it says in the summary, there really isn't too much plot, so any suggestions or ideas welcome.

Until next time...